New England Style IPA - Maximum CowbellEpic Brewing Company

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Dank grapefruit and tropical fruity taste. Onion, melon, with a weird sweet malt presence that I attribute to the age of the can. That being said, take away the malty sharpness and I still would consider it as yet another example of the style, which I am not a fan of. Nothing terribly wrong with it. It's just not my thing.

The mouthfeel is just fine.

Epic does some really great beers so I don't care that this didn't please me.

The pour is a danky light yellow. I get an aroma of citrus & tropical fruit notes. On the taste i'm picking up some juicy citrus, pine & mild dank on the finish. It's better than a few other New England Style IPAs that I've had previously. Cheers! A-

I also had this beer a few weeks ago at the Green River Brewery in Dixon, CA. Is it a brewery? They didn't seem to have any of their own beers and turned the place into a "nightclub" at 9pm. Anyways, they had this beer on tap, might have been my fave of the evening.

Slightly hazy yellow and light amber pour, 1/2" white head. Had an enjoyable aroma, the #1 combo of Citra and Mosaic providing all that sweet citrus and tropical fruit notes, with some Motueka to help on the down under dankness I guess, although it wasn't as "dank" as some, it was still nice to smell.

Taste was straightforward, the malt body wasn't as pillowy as some NE beers with massive amounts of flaked wheat/oats, softer carbonation and even lactose sometimes. This still kept a little bitter edge and what seemed like an all barley body to it. Epic is usually affordable, so I'll definitely look to pick up a 6 pack of this, as I imagine it will be under $10.

12 oz can. Pours nearly opaque light brown/ gold with a medium white head. Aroma: orange, grapefruit, a little malt. Taste: citrus, sweet malt with a little bitterness in the finish. I have tried all of the Epic NEIPAs and they are all great, but this one is my favorite. So far.